Liver Cleansing Diet

The Liver Cleansing Diet by Dr. Sandra Cabot, was one of the first detox books written. After release it quickly became a huge bestseller.

After seeing numerous overweight patients, many with sluggish metabolisms, Dr Cabot decided that liver function was impaired - due to poor diet and nutrition. Dr Cabot claimed that improving liver function led to weight loss. After 2 years of working successfully with 1540 patients she professes a 100% success rate.

Liver Cleanse - Cure for all ills?

The following symptoms could benefit from a liver cleanse:

Abdominal bloating
Obesity
Poor digestion
Frequent fatigue
Headaches
Unpleasant moods
Bad breath and coated tongue
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Sluggish metabolism
Overburdened immune system
Excessive body heat
High cholesterol
Gall bladder disease
Fatty liver
Allergies
High blood pressure
Sugar cravings
Intolerance to alcohol
Excess alcohol intake
Inability to lose weight

Dr Cabot seems to attribute poor liver function to a vast range of symptoms, some of which could be diagnosed by any number of conditions.

Liver Cleansing in Brief

The diet is strict, with all vegetables to be eaten raw.
Recipes are included.
Supplements are recommended.

The premise of this diet is good, but it seems to be too simplistic to blame a single organ for most people's weight and health issues. Detox diets are useful, but don't necessary aid or teach you in forming lifelong good eating habits. There is also a lack of scientific evidence proving that detoxifying diets are as effective as they are claimed.

If you have to continually 'reach' for a detox diet, then something in your everyday nutrition and lifestyle is not right.